My latest published articles: One on cayenne pepper and cardio health was published in MODERN HEALTH.

        The Alaska cruises article was published in a Marin County new magazine and five local community newspapers.

 

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CAYENNE PEPPER:

 

Without emotion, the cardiologist said, "The treadmill test turned up an abnormality. There's a problem..." The word "abnormality" is not what I expected to hear in the context of a heart examination. To quote Woody Allen, it is, after all, my "second favorite organ..."
At his desk, the doctor reached for a prescription pad. I started to zone out as I heard the feared words: "Medication...," "Cardizam...," "thallium test...," T-waves...," "reduced activity..." And I thought: "Am I now an old man?"

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ALASKA CRUISES:

My wife, Jovita, and I arrived at the San Francisco port with our friends Jerry and Suzanne at what looked from the ground like the largest cruise ship on the seas. It was the Celebrity Infinity, the newest ship in the Celebrity fleet and reportedly as posh as the big ships come. We breezed through a well-organized boarding procedure in precisely 39 minutes. (We were a bit worried at the curb because a seemingly inept porter left in the exact opposite direction, dropping a large piece of our luggage off his cart every 45 seconds.)

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